Data and Artificial Intelligence

Many small pharma/biopharma companies do not understand what a QMS is and the benefits offered by such a system. To be effective, there are several key strategic elements and systems that a QMS must incorporate.

Pfizer Invests In Nodality; SOCMA Approves New Members; And More.

Merck Ends Partnership With Dynavax; PhRMA Elects Officers; And More.

Abbott Agrees to Acquire Facet Biotech; FDA Issues Black-Box Warning For Plavix; and More.

Three companies joined the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center's 21st Century Biodefense initiative to establish a flexible vaccine development and production facility.

Exelixis And XenoPort Announce Job Cuts; GSK Dedicates India Facility; And More.

Astellas Pharma Makes Bid for OSI Pharmaceuticals; Ringo Retiring From Pfizer; And More.

Editors' Picks of Pharmaceutical Science & Technology Innovations

Could President Obama's tax reform, which is targeted at reducing outsourcing, endanger India's contract-services industry?

Pre-Interphex 2010 Product Releases.

To best carry out the vision of Hatch-Waxman, Congress must act now on biogenerics.

Brief pharmaceutical news items for March 2010.

FDA modernizes information systems, expands access to drug safety and use information.

From last-minute product inserts to putting out fires, close calls are a common occurrence.

If both sides of the aisle don't agree on even mild healthcare reform soon, the bill could die out.

Technological developments make it easier to manufacture sterile parenterals.

Pharmaceutical Technology talked to drugmakers, equipment vendors, and service providers to learn more about the advantages and disadvantages of rapid microbial-detection methods.

Merck To Eliminate 15,000 jobs; Tauzin Stepping Down At PhRMA; And More.

Abbott Completes Acquisition Of Solvay; Merck Names President of Consumer Healthcare; And More.

Pharmaceutical manufacturers that launch ePedigree and serialization initiatives today will improve their competitive positions in the short and long terms.

Margaret Hamburg, commissioner of the US Food and Drug Administration, unveiled a new program to improve the efficiency of import inspections.

VaxGen Shareholders Reject OXiGENE Merger; Roche Creates Research Hub In Singapore; And More.

Cephalon Buys Mepha; BASi's CEO Retires; and More.

Sharing too much-or too little-information can have disastrous onsequences.

FDA impersonators and counterfeit drugs threaten the public's trust in online pharmacies.

Vaccine R&D is surging, but continues to raise manufacturing and regulatory challenges.

Regulators and industry move to require inspections of API manufacturing facilities.

When it comes to healthcare rform, we must not overlook investment in innovative technologies.

Novartis CEO To Step Down; DSM To Close Netherlands Facility; And More.

FDA Issues Warning Letter To McNeil Healthcare; Charles River Laboratories Will Suspend Operations At Massachusetts Facility.